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Article: More on the systems approach.
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- Military Thought
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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For a very long time, many scientists have attempted to define the essence of the term "systems approach," but there is still no clear, unambiguous definition. There is only a perception about the systems approach that is based on some rather simplified premises and concepts, which is characteristic of initial stages in any study or analysis.
The view by such prominent scientists in this sphere of knowledge as Yu.I. Chernyak, V.G. Shorin, and D.A. Pospelov, who define the systems approach as "a system forming system," (1) is quite productive for the development of the systems approach theory. It appears that the systems approach is a system of scientific ...